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Yesterday, 41 teams from across the U.S. and Canada headed to Tom McCall Waterfront Park to attempt human-powered flight at Red Bull Flugtag Portland. In front of a crowd of 86,000 spectators, three Oregon-based teams with home court advantage...

On the first Friday of August, colorful slugs appear on the stage at Ken Kesey Square with hopes and dreams of becoming the new "raining" queen. Where most would want to avoid the association with the slimy gastropod mulluscs, only in...

The April 1953 cover of House Beautiful magazine featured a “modern” home in the hills of Lake Oswego, Oregon. The home, designed by local architect John Yeon, was built in 1950 for Lawrence Shaw, of the Modoc Lumber Company. It was...

Rolling hills dotted with lush vineyards and other agricultural crops dominate the Willamette Valley where they have been quietly making award-winning Pinot Noir for decades. The region is characterized by friendly tasting rooms, remarkable wines,...

Oregon knows the economic impact of cycling and places bicycling at the forefront of its tourism planning. As a result, the state has created a well-designed network of cycling touring routes that makes planning a trip in Oregon simple. Coupled...

The headlines today are warning that the Cascadia fault line is ripe and past due for a devastating event. This prediction isn’t coming from a soothsayer or from one of those folks standing on the corner predicting the world’s end,...

Hundreds of sex toys are hanging from the power lines on the streets of Portland where there are dildos swaying in the wind up and down this normally picturesque Oregon City. It is estimated that hundreds of these anatomically-correct rubber...

Aaron and Melissa Klein, owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa, have been given until Monday, July 13, to settle the $135,000 fine imposed on them by Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian, The Blaze reported Thursday. The fine, along with a gag order,...

Never mind death panels under Obamacare. Instead try to wrap your mind around a different panel of experts, this one with the authority to grant your15-year-old's request to undergo sex reassignment surgery — and without yourknowledge...

After we've gathered around a picnic table or at a city park, perhaps it would be a wise investment of time to ask some basic questions about the direction we want this nation to go in. These questions should be at the top of our list:What...

On Thursday, Aaron and Melissa Klein, owners of Sweetcakes by Melissa, were ordered to pay $135,000 to a lesbian couple for refusing to bake a wedding cake. They were also essentially stripped of their First Amendment rights with a gag order that...

Oregon officially joined the list of states abolishing marijuana prohibition today, July 1, 2015. To celebrate the momentous occasion hundreds of people gathered on the Burnside Bridge in Portland to light up at midnight for the Burnside Burn...

As of July 1, Oregon is the fourth state in the country to legalize recreational use of marijuana. While use of marijuana is now legal, permits for growers and sellers have not yet been issued out. Many Oregonian activists are now giving away ...

About six months ago, 38-year-old Jeremy Daniel Ringquist got divorced and moved in with his parents, Randy and Karen Ringquist, both believed to be in their sixties. On Tuesday, police arrested Jeremy and charged him with two counts of aggravated...

Here is a list of the odds for college football teams to win the Pac-12 in 2015. Counting Oregon's two bowl games, the Pac-12 teams had a great bowl season overall going a combined 6-3, so one should expect the Pac-12 to be pretty good again...